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>> i like the word you used because you didn't use republican. labels are cheap and not very accurate. having been in the senate now five and a half years i've been labeled a lot of things. most of them inaccurate. look. our country has problems. how do we solve them? we certainly don't use the absence of common sense to get to the solution to our problems. and that's one of the biggest problems that i see in washington. look, there are a lot of great people. democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives in washington. the frame of reference is, i think, the critical factor that's missioning -- missing. a large number of the people who serve in washington love our country, but they have absolutely no real world practical experience on almost anything because they've spent their entire career in, quote, public service. so when it comes to making critical decisions, they don't have a machine that they worked often that broke down that taught them certain lessons. they don't know what a quarter 20 bolt is. you wonder how many flat tires they chang
>> i like the word you used because you didn't use republican. labels are cheap and not very accurate. having been in the senate now five and a half years i've been labeled a lot of things. most of them inaccurate. look. our country has problems. how do we solve them? we certainly don't use the absence of common sense to get to the solution to our problems. and that's one of the biggest problems that i see in washington. look, there are a lot of great people. democrats, republicans,...
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well, he tells us so. he tells us, and he shows us so. and let me give just one example of how he does that. louis martte when he asks him to expunge one of these convictions, the secd, aubre wallace, he will tesfy that when he asked judge porteous to expunge this conviction, judge porteous says, i will do it, but not ght now. i won't do this until after my senate confirmation. i'm not blowing a lifetime appointment to the bench to do this for you. and that's exactly what happens. he waits until after his senate confirmation, and just before be he's sworn in to expunge the conviction of aubrey wallace, now, why does he do it precisely then? obviously, he doesn't want to do it before the confirmation because he knows this would materially affect his confirmation. but why just before he's sworn in? well, he also knows the moment he's sworn into the federal bench, he's no longer in a sition to expunge a conviction. it has to be exactly when and, in fact, the evidence will show that's exactly when he expunges the conviction. during the confir
well, he tells us so. he tells us, and he shows us so. and let me give just one example of how he does that. louis martte when he asks him to expunge one of these convictions, the secd, aubre wallace, he will tesfy that when he asked judge porteous to expunge this conviction, judge porteous says, i will do it, but not ght now. i won't do this until after my senate confirmation. i'm not blowing a lifetime appointment to the bench to do this for you. and that's exactly what happens. he waits...
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Sep 25, 2010
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as both are dear to us. esteemed friends, for years the inefficiency of the capitalism and the existing world management and structures has been exposed and the majority of states and nations have been on a quest for fundamental changes and for the prevalence ofjustice in global relations. the cause of the united nation's ineptitude is in its unjust structure. major power is monopolized in the security council due to the veto privilege, and the main pillar of the organization, namely the general assembly, is marginalized. in the past several decades, at least one of the permanent members of the security council has always been a party to the disputes. the veto advantage grants impunity to aggression and occupation, how could, therefore, one expect competence while both the judge and the prosecutor are a party to the dispute? had iran enjoyed veto privilege, would the security council and the iaea director general have taken the same position in the nuclear issue? dear friends, the united nations is the key c
as both are dear to us. esteemed friends, for years the inefficiency of the capitalism and the existing world management and structures has been exposed and the majority of states and nations have been on a quest for fundamental changes and for the prevalence ofjustice in global relations. the cause of the united nation's ineptitude is in its unjust structure. major power is monopolized in the security council due to the veto privilege, and the main pillar of the organization, namely the...
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you have helped us build a room. i have not seen this and carries a sense, when -- this many cameras sense, a plan? >> maybe it was impeachment. >> on haunting remembrance. here is what i will suggest so that we can get to the bottom of this. mr. colbert has presented us with a fine statement. it will be entered into the wreckage -- into the record. he has a huge march coming up in washington which many people are going to be at, i know. i have a very good feeling about that. i will be busy working in michigan, trying to turn out the vote. we have been having very low voter turnout. that is the only reason i will not be with you in the march. but i would like to recommend now that we have all this attention, that you excuse yourself and let us get on with the three witnesses and all of the other members there. we are sure it will be shown on the show tonight, and maybe monday. you run your e show. we run the committee. what do you say to that? >> i do not understand the question. >> i am not asking you not to talk. i
you have helped us build a room. i have not seen this and carries a sense, when -- this many cameras sense, a plan? >> maybe it was impeachment. >> on haunting remembrance. here is what i will suggest so that we can get to the bottom of this. mr. colbert has presented us with a fine statement. it will be entered into the wreckage -- into the record. he has a huge march coming up in washington which many people are going to be at, i know. i have a very good feeling about that. i will...
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the small elite do not get us. they call us wacky. they call us wingnuts. we call us, "we, the people." [applause] we do not always agree. we do not always share the same strategy memo is. -- memos. we do not always endorses i the same candidates or speak of the same talking points. we're loud, rowdy, passionate. it reminds me of the c.s. lewis "narnia" books, where the little girl asks someone about aslan the lion, who represents god. she says was some concern, is he -- with a little concern over the fearsome lion, is he safe? her friend says, safe? who said anything about safe? of course he is not safe. but he's good. [applause] that is what is happening in america today with this grass- roots groundswell, love affair with liberty. it is not tame. but, boy, it sure is good. [applause] they attack us. -- will they attack us? yes. they will steer our backgrounds and distort our records -- smear our backgrounds, distort our records, harassed us, tried to -- harass us, and try to intimidate us. there is nothing safe about this. is it worth it? is freedom wort
the small elite do not get us. they call us wacky. they call us wingnuts. we call us, "we, the people." [applause] we do not always agree. we do not always share the same strategy memo is. -- memos. we do not always endorses i the same candidates or speak of the same talking points. we're loud, rowdy, passionate. it reminds me of the c.s. lewis "narnia" books, where the little girl asks someone about aslan the lion, who represents god. she says was some concern, is he --...